How do I order?
I'm pretty sure about the following - 7bit's ordering protocols are interesting and there may be other ways to do this so take this for what it's worth:
1. Compose your order. I say this because 7bit's "store" is really a BOT and in order to purchase you have to "program" it with "commands." See the following link for examples (as well as a sample PM at the bottom of this post):
http://deskthority.net/group-buys-f50/cherry-mx-taking-pre-orders-t2760.html2. Create an account on Deskthority.
3. PM the order that you have composed to "CherryMX" on Deskthority.
4. Pay the invoice that you received from CherryMX (further instructions will be included with the invoice).
SAMPLE PM TO CHERRYMX:
/*
MXLOCK 25
getbent@now.com
ADDRESS
Ernie Fiddlesticks
123 Main St
Anywhere, NY 00000
United States
*/
Everything above between, but not including the "comment" tokens "/*" & "*/" would be included in the text of the PM you send, from your Deskthority account to "CherryMX" account on Deskthority. This example above would :
1. Create an order for Ernie Fiddlesticks from 123 Main St, Anywhere NY 00000.
2. Associate the email address "getbent@now.com" with Ernie Fiddlesticks.
3. Add 25 MXLOCK switches to Ernie's order.
4. Generate an invoice (that you will receive in a few days' time) to Ernie via Google Wallet.
In any event, this is my first time ordering from 7bit on DT and the above is almost exactly what I have done so far and I haven't been chastised for anything yet, so I think this is pretty straightforward.
Also.. if you need/want a Paypal invoice, I just checked with 7bit and he confirmed what uns211 suggested above: just send a PM to CherryMX with the word PAYPAL in the text of the PM. I just did this a few moments ago, my order may have lapsed (because you have 7 days to pay the original invoice and I am right on, if not slightly beyond this threshold). But... we'll see how it works.
In any event, I'm glad that I'm finally getting around to ordering something from 7bit - I'm a big fan of this BOT stuff that he's set up. My guess is it's all Python in the background. Perl maybe? I don't know, but if this isn't an ordering method with the word "GEEK" written on it I don't know what is.
Good Luck!! I know that there are a lot of people here who are hoping that you're going to place a huge order for these switches ASAP!
-korrelate